Dong Chinese dictionary

qì

abandon

Pictograph of two hands (廾) putting a child (子) in a basket (其) for the purpose of abandoning or disposing with it.

Components

子 Iconic component

zi, zǐ

child

Upside-down form of 子 (child).

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 子 than it was in ancient scripts.

其 Iconic component

qí

its, his, (3p possessive)

Depicts a basket.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 其 than it was in ancient scripts.

廾 Iconic component

gǒng

two hands

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 廾 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qì

reject, abandon, discard; to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away

Most common words with 棄

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